DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 05/31/2004    Duedate: 06/12/2004

VALAMANTIS ARENA

DM-62    TURN-333

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

BET OR NOT DIE
SRETSAMLEUD (407)
(62-3981) [12-10-2,119]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

BET OR NOT DIE                 TRAIN
SRETSAMLEUD (407)              PUBLIC TRANSIT (418)
(62-3981) [12-10-2,119]        (62-4114) [3-2-1,43]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

YOU                            RUMPLESTILTSKIN
SRETSAMLEUD (407)              GRIMM WARRIORS (419)
(62-4002) [13-7-1,78]          (62-4134) [0-1-0,1]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SRETSAMLEUD (407)           45
2. GRIMM WARRIORS (419)        12      MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
3. MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)         11      Unchartered Team
4. PUBLIC TRANSIT (418)         7
5. THE BOLT (378)               0      PUBLIC TRANSIT (418)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)       34  21  2 61.8   1/ 0 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)       9  6 1
 2/ 2 THE BEARS (268)          273 222 19 55.2   2/ 1 SRETSAMLEUD (407)         7  7 1
 3/ 3 SRETSAMLEUD (407)         61  50  6 55.0   3/ 2 THE BEARS (268)           5  3 0
 4/ 1*PUBLIC TRANSIT (418)       5   5  2 50.0   4- 4 THE BOLT (378)            2  0 0
 5/ 0*GRIMM WARRIORS (419)       1   1  0 50.0   5/ 0*GRIMM WARRIORS (419)      1  1 0
 6- 5 THE BOLT (378)            40  45  3 47.1   6/ 3*PUBLIC TRANSIT (418)      1  5 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                      SPY REPORT

     Greetings, Warriors of VALAMANTIS.  Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir to 
give you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport.  The boys at 
SRETSAMLEUD left the arena dejected, after being kicked out of the top spot by MIDDLE 
WAY 10.  Good show!  Practice pays for DOC FELLE, who pummelled FRATSFA SLAVE, to 
pocket 11 points.  Win some, lose some.  Speaking of which, DANGEROUS CRIMINAL was 
winsome, after beating BENSI DURN and seeing her lose 4 points.  The Duelmaster is 
dead.  Long live the next one.  SRETSAMLEUD is ecstatic as BET OR NOT DIE becomes top 
dog.  Word has it one team in VALAMANTIS is taking speech lessons to try to bore 
their opponent to death.  I'll bet it works.   
     So much to report, so little time!  Like a horde of jackals fleeing from the 
lion, so did the "warriors" in VALAMANTIS avoid SRETSAMLEUD.  As a woman of good 
breeding scorns the "warriors" of THE BEARS, so did that sorry team shy from 
SRETSAMLEUD If challenges were horses, BUS could open up a fast food joint!   
     Like the wind whispering among the pines, do hearest I many disquieting rumors.  
Ask not a spymaster for counsel, for he will pontificate long after you have fallen 
into an unconscious stupor.   
     Leave me now, you base fools!  More important duties call me.  VALAMANTIS, I 
leave you now.  The Duelmaster has agreed to foot my bill at The Wasteland Bar.  'Til 
next time-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BET OR NOT DIE 3981          12  10  2   119       SRETSAMLEUD (407)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BETTER NOT DIE 3982          13   9  0    82       SRETSAMLEUD (407)
 CRYSALIS 3980                16   7  2    81       SRETSAMLEUD (407)
 YOU 4002                     13   7  1    78       SRETSAMLEUD (407)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CHIP ENSER 4140               8   3  1    63       MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
 ALTA CHESS 4137               8   3  0    59       MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-JACOB 3866                    7   3  0    53       THE BOLT (378)
 DOC FELLE 4139                7   4  1    48       MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
 BENSI DURN 4141               8   3  0    44       MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
 TRAIN 4114                    3   2  1    43       PUBLIC TRANSIT (418)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-TRAIN WRECK 4121              2   0  0    26       THE BEARS (268)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BUS 4115                      2   3  1    23       PUBLIC TRANSIT (418)
 EB GOLLU 4138                 3   8  0    17       MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
 GINGER BREAD MAN 4136         1   0  0    11       GRIMM WARRIORS (419)
 TOO GOOD 4131                 1   0  0     5       THE BEARS (268)
-LARGE MARGE 4070              1   1  0     4       THE BOLT (378)
 DUEL 2 4129                   0   2  0     2       SRETSAMLEUD (407)
 RUMPLESTILTSKIN 4134          0   1  0     1       GRIMM WARRIORS (419)

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
FRATSFA SLAVE 7        0  1 0   1                   DOC FELLE 4139        333 NONE    
THE BUM 3918          11  5 0 THE BEARS 268         BET OR NOT DIE 3981   333         
FTF 4120               0  2 0 SRETSAMLEUD 407       BUS 4115              330 JUST REV

                                     PERSONAL ADS

6 May 2004
                                     DEATH FEST

     The ferocious ghosts of former glories whispered across the wind swept sands of
DM 59; agonizing incessantly due to the diminutive demise of the Delarq arena known
as Illis.
     Tattered banners and forgotten memories wailed in the wind for a dynamic death
march to dawn once more upon the blood stained sands of the Delarq slow arena.
     The distant call crying for  a declaration of restoration amidst the ruin of the
all but forgotten Delarq arena carried to the far corners of Alastari; drawing the
Devious, the Diabolical, the Dangerous and the Down Challenging to cross blades and
wage warfare among an assemblage of new stables managed by the Known and Unknown;
willing to spill fresh blood, while carving their destiny during 15 Rounds of contest
driven combat to be known as the "Illis Incredibly Diabolical Delarq Death Fest".
     A lone cloaked figure huddled by lamplight in a remote outpost near the
crossroads of ElseWhere and ElseWhen; feverishly formulating the foundational
framework for the dawning of the Delarq Death Fest in DM 59, complete with
Gladiatorial Commission sanctioned prizes to promote the growing thirst for a Delarq
Slow Arena Death Festival.

     Delarq Death Fest Opening Round debuts the first turn immediately following the
Summer 2004 F2F Tourney and continues through the completion of 15 consecutive
rounds.
     Death Fest points are Won or Lost ONLY in the DM 59 Delarq Slow Arena [Tourneys
DO NOT Add or Subtract from the Death Fest Point Scoring System]:

Death Fest Scoring Format:
Win =3D +2 pts
Loss =3D -1 pt
Kill =3D +5 pts [in addition to +2 pts for Win]
Death =3D -3 pts [in addition to 1 pt for Loss]
Dark Arena Kill =3D +10 pts [in addition to +2 pts for Win]
Dark Arena Death =3D -5 pts [in addition to 1 pt for Loss]
Revenged Blood Feud =3D +5 pts [successful Revenged Blood Feud provides Death Fest
contestants the opportunity to cancel out 3 pts for Death and 1 pt for Loss; while
gaining +1 pt overall for the Revenged Blood Feud in addition to the +2 pts for Win]

    DEATH FEST PRIZES will be awarded to the Top Ten Death Fest Stables on the basis
of Total Points*** accumulated during the 15 rounds of competition as follows:

1.  Favorite Weapon Knowledge for 1 (one) warrior ranked Initiate or higher on the
Final Round to be revealed by RSI to each of the Top Ten Death Fest Stables
2.  Renaming of Dark Arena Monsters and NPCs [yet to be determined according to how
many DA Monsters and NPCs are available in DM 59 for Renaming]
3.  The Top Five Death Fest Stables will receive New Team Rollup Certificates as
follows:  1st (10), 2nd (8), 3rd (6), 4th (4) and 5th (2)
4.  Renaming Illis Arena for 6 months plus Receiving 6 months Free Play courtesy of
RSI will be awarded to the manager of the 1st Place Death Fest Stable
5.  Discussions are underway regarding a possible Special Award granted to the Illis
Iron Stable qualifiers who compete in 67 of a possible 75 fights during the course of
the 15 consecutive rounds of the Death Fest [Key Factor is How Many (?) stables will
be competing in the Death Fest without drawing away participation by current managers
in the remaining slow arenas!]  Therefore, it is important for all managers entering
stables in DM 59 for the upcoming Death Fest to contact RSI as soon as possible
regarding their participation in this contest so that a Final Ruling on the proposed
Illis Iron Stable Award can be issued by RSI.

***TieBreaker is determined on the Final Round by the DM 59 Newsletter Recognition
Rankings.  The stable with the Highest Ranked Active Gladiator is granted the
decision.  [Example: Warrior A and Warrior B are both listed in the Recognition
Rankings with 87 pts; however, because Warrior A is listed in the Recognition
Rankings ahead of Warrior B, then Warrior A is granted the TieBreaker Decision for
His/Her stable!]

     Opening Round Team Spotlight Bonus [minimum 15 paragraphs!]  Each Delarq Death
Fest competitor who writes a Team Spotlight featuring their Stable (Name) and
Managerial Alias [Gladiatorial Names Optional] in regards to competing in the Delarq
Death Fest will receive 25 pts added to His/Her opening round score.
     Illis Iron Stable Bonus [in addition to the proposed award awaiting RSI
approval!]  Any manager whose stable competes in at least 67 of the possible 75
fights during the 15 rounds of Death Fest receives 25 points added to His/Her final
overall score [this allows each stable the cushion of missing one round of
competition; plus up to 3 additional fights due to waiting for replacement rollups
from Deaths suffered either in Tourneys or during the Death Fest contest in DM 59
over the course of 15 rounds of competition!]

Delarq Death Fest
Hosted by Hammer
[Who Else?]

25 May 2004
                                 TEN TURNS OF HELL:
                        The KLK Capture The Flag Competition

In the spirit of the ongoing effort to make arena play what it used to be (FUN!!), I
am proud to announce the KLK Capture The Flag Competition.  The competition will be
held in Jhans (DM-36, which has, by the way, grown in size equal to Talcama already).
:)  We are announcing this contest early to allow managers time to prep.

Rules:
     -- On turn 462 (due 8/4/04) the lowest ranked warrior on your team is given your
team's 'flag' (he is your initial flag defender).
     -- Starting on turn 463 (due 8/18/04) flags will be defended every turn and turn
463 is the turn scoring will begin.
     -- Fights involving flags are winners-take-all and a warrior can carry as many
flags as he can win.
     -- If a warrior holding a flag either A) goes inactive, B) loses to a stand-by
warrior or C) gets DA'd, he forfeits all flags he has and they are returned the their
original team's lowest ranked warrior.
     -- If you hold your own flag on an inactive warrior you receive NO POINTS that
turn.
     -- If a warrior graduates to AD holding flags starting on the next turn those
flags will be defended by the lowest ranked warrior on the team of the graduating
warrior.
     -- Scoring as follows for each turn:
          2 pts -- possession of your own team flag
          1 pt -- possession any other flag
          1 pt -- for each win
          1 pt -- for each kill
          1 pt -- for each award you receive in the newsletter
     -- You may enter as many teams as you like (per RSI rules) but each team is its
own entry.
     -- Tie-Breaker goes to the team that had the most points from flags.
     -- If still tied the tie-breaker will be the team that had the most points from
kills.  (It's the Delarq way.)
     -- The contest lasts 10 turns and there will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd
(based on highest point totals)

Prizes: (what you've been waiting on)
1st -- 3 know favorites potions*
       DA warrior named after winning manager
2nd -- 2 know favorites potions*
3rd -- 1 know favorites potion*

* These are full favorite potions (weapon, rhythms and tactics) and can only be used
on warriors with at least 4 FE.

     How's that for paying out? (grin)  Even if you think that it's all about the TC,
these prizes should be enough to draw you in.  (You know who you are.)
     I hope to see friend and foe alike come to Jhans.  Legion, Froths, and all the
others...this is your personal invite.  Can you win?  Can you survive 10 turns of

Hell in Jhans?
     Note:  Special thanks to RSI for helping make this contest possible.  Thanks
guys!

Bookie
KLK Alliance
Director Jhans' Board of Tourism
Warden of the Froth Circle (grin)
D.R.C. 4 Life

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

CRYSALIS devastated BUS in a action packed 1 minute mismatched Bloodfeud fight.
THE BUM was murdered by BET OR NOT DIE in a 1 minute gory one-sided Title melee.
YOU viciously subdued ALTA CHESS in a crowd pleasing 1 minute gory brawl.
CHIP ENSER narrowly defeated TRAIN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute match.
BENSI DURN slimly lost to DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a popular 3 minute duel.
DOC FELLE butchered FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute mismatched match.
EB GOLLU was handily defeated by MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven fight.
DUEL 2 was vanquished by GINGER BREAD MAN in a 1 minute uneven duel.
RUMPLESTILTSKIN was unbelievably bested by TOO GOOD in a 3 minute beginner's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         PARRY-LUNGE        1 -   0 -  0     100  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         WALL OF STEEL      1 -   0 -  1     100  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         LUNGING ATTACK    53 -  36 -  2      60  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         STRIKING ATTACK   14 -  13 -  1      52  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         TOTAL PARRY        4 -   5 -  0      44  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         BASHING ATTACK     7 -  12 -  2      37  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         AIMED BLOW         1 -   3 -  1      25  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         SLASHING ATTACK    2 -   7 -  0      22  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   1 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 333 was great if you     Not so great if you used      The fighting styles of the
used the fighting styles:     the fighting styles:          top eleven warriors are:

WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         7  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     5 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         1  SLASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  
                              PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  2         1  BASHING ATTACK 
                              STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  1     
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  3     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   BET OR NOT DIE 3981        12  10  2  119 SRETSAMLEUD (407)
SLASHING ATTACK  ALTA CHESS 4137             8   3  0   59 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
WALL OF STEEL    DOC FELLE 4139              7   4  1   48 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
TOTAL PARRY      BENSI DURN 4141             8   3  0   44 MIDDLE WAY 10 (420)
BASHING ATTACK   TRAIN 4114                  3   2  1   43 PUBLIC TRANSIT (418)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is YOU 4002.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
RUMPLESTILTSKIN 4134.  The ten other most popular fighters were YOU 4002, CRYSALIS 
3980, CHIP ENSER 4140, BET OR NOT DIE 3981, BUS 4115, THE BUM 3918, TRAIN 4114, DOC 
FELLE 4139, GINGER BREAD MAN 4136, and TOO GOOD 4131.

The least popular fighter this week was DUEL 2 4129.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were EB GOLLU 4138, BENSI DURN 4141, ALTA CHESS 4137, TOO GOOD 4131, GINGER 
BREAD MAN 4136, DOC FELLE 4139, TRAIN 4114, THE BUM 3918, BUS 4115, and BET OR NOT 
DIE 3981.

                  MAIL-IN TOURNEY XXXVII

PRIMUS TOURNEY                         W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
5 2979 (97-67-4)                       5  3  0         NUMBERS              
THE DRAGON 2505 (114-93-5)             5  3  0         SAVAGE               

CONTENDERS TOURNEY                     W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
PARTING THE SILK 3015 (78-64-3)        2  3  0         THE ONENESS          

ADM TOURNEY                            W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
OX MULDER 3121 (35-21-0)               4  3  0         THE BEARS            

CHAMPIONS TOURNEY                      W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
MANAGER 3392 (10-4-0)                  6  3  0         SUPERIOR DOA         
LHI 3361 (11-6-1)                      3  3  0  DEAD   SUPERIOR DOA         
MADE A COMBO 3896 (8-6-0)              2  3  0         WON AT POOL          
THE BUM 3918 (9-4-0)                   1  3  0         THE BEARS            

ADEPTS TOURNEY                         W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
BET OR NOT DIE 3981 (9-9-1)            7  3  1         SRETSAMLEUD          
VICIOUS THRILL 3885 (3-5-1)            3  3  1         FLAGG'S DEVASTATORS  
YOU 4002 (9-7-1)                       3  3  0         SRETSAMLEUD          

INITIATES TOURNEY                      W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
SAVAGE 4076 (5-2-1)                    3  3  0         THE BEARS            

ROOKIES TOURNEY                        W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
NAVY SEAL 4117 (0-0-0)                 5  3  1         THE BEARS            
MASTER SERGEANT 4116 (0-0-0)           4  3  0         THE BEARS            
STUART SMALLEY 4097 (0-0-0)            1  1  0  DEAD   SENSITIVE GUYS       
SHADOWGATE 4082 (0-0-0)                1  2  0  DEAD   SUPERIOR DOA         
TRAIN WRECK 4121 (0-0-0)               1  3  0         THE BEARS            

ELIGIBLES FOOLS TOURNEY                W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
THE ETERNAL PLEDGE 2931 (38-26-0)      0  3  0         LEGENDS OF TKE       

ADM FOOLS TOURNEY                      W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
LIL NOIR 3311 (12-6-1)                 2  3  0         ENIGMA               

CHALLENGERS FOOL TOURNEY               W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
DAWNRACER 3699 (19-11-1)               3  3  0         MITHRAL HALO         

APPRENTICES FOOL TOURNEY               W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
RACE STEELE 3590 (0-0-0)               0  3  0         H.W.A.               

ROOKIES FOOLS TOURNEY                  W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
CRAIG 4096 (0-0-0)                     0  3  0         SENSITIVE GUYS